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DUCKETT v. ALASKA STEEL CO.

WCB 83-07023, 83-07022, 83-06855, 83-06854; CA A37341.

735 P.2d 1289 (1987)

85 Or.App. 193

In the matter of the Compensation of James E. DUCKETT, Claimant. James E. Duckett, Petitioner, v. ALASKA STEEL CO., Wausau Insurance, Schnitzer Steel, Saif Corporation, Scrap Processors, Scott Wetzel Services, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson R. Hall, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland.

Kenneth Kleinsmith, Portland, argued the cause for respondents Schnitzer Steel and Scott Wetzel Services. On the brief were Meyers & Terrall, and Daniel L. Meyers, Portland.

David O. Horne, Beaverton, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents Alaska Steel Co. Wausau Ins.

Darrell E. Bewley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents SAIF Corporation and Scrap Processors. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before JOSEPH, C.J., and NEWMAN and DEITS, JJ.

DEITS, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order denying claimant's occupational disease claim. We affirm.

From 1960 until 1979, claimant worked in scrap yards operated by Alaska Steel Co. and Scrap Processors, where he was exposed to asbestos fibers. In 1980, physicians diagnosed a lung carcinoma, and his left lung was removed. In 1981, he filed a claim with SAIF and the two employers. The claim was denied. In July, 1982, a hearing...

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